COUNCIL VOTES TO EXTEND CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE RULES.Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer With problems from the most recent city elections still a concern, the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. on Tuesday insisted that campaign
disclosure requirements by political parties and others remain in effect
for two upcoming special elections.
However, the council deferred action to override An arrangement whereby commissions are made by sales managers based upon the sales made by their subordinate sales representatives. A term found in an agreement between a real estate agent and a property owner whereby the agent keeps the right to receive a commission for the sale of a veto by Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California of other campaign reform measures that would have increased the amount of public matching funds Noun 1. matching funds - funds that will be supplied in an amount matching the funds available from other sources cash in hand, finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource - assets in the form of money provided to candidates. Council President Alex Padilla Alex Padilla is a politician in California. He was elected as the State Senator for the 20th District of California in November 2006 and was inaugurated in early December. In order to enter the Senate he had to resign as Councilman for the 7th District on the Los Angeles City asked for the Hahn veto to be referred to the council's Rules and Elections Committee - to which he appointed himself as chairman - to review the mayor's action. Hahn had said a more comprehensive review was needed. However, the council did not delay action on keeping in effect disclosure requirements it adopted after the April primary election after both the Democratic and Republican parties threw hundreds of thousands of dollars into various campaigns. Under voter-approved Proposition 34, the political parties are able to raise unlimited amounts to communicate with their members. |
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